Theatre League to hold auditions

Published: Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 4:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 12:00 a.m.

ASHEVILLE -- The Western North Carolina Theatre League has announced its 2004 Unified Auditions. Modeled after the Southeastern Theatre Conference auditions, the annual event allows local actors to showcase their talents in a professional audition setting for a variety of companies throughout the region.

The purpose of the Unified Auditions is to develop a database of local actors and technical artists for regional, community and professional theaters and their seasons.

The schedule for the Unified Auditions is as follows:

Adult auditions (16 years of age and over) 6 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18.

The Unified Auditions will be held at Ferguson Auditorium on the campus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College.

Actors are asked to prepare 90 seconds of material: one monologue or two contrasting monologues or monologue and 16 bars of a song. An accompanist will be available. Actors should bring their own sheet music in their key, as the accompanist will not transpose.

Children should present a memorized selection, poem, rhyme, monologue and, if they wish, sing a song. Singing to tapes is not allowed. Actors should also bring 15 copies of a photo/headshot and resume for distribution to the different theater groups.

<p>ASHEVILLE -- The Western North Carolina Theatre League has announced its 2004 Unified Auditions. Modeled after the Southeastern Theatre Conference auditions, the annual event allows local actors to showcase their talents in a professional audition setting for a variety of companies throughout the region.</p><!-- Nothing to do. The paragraph has already been output --><p>The purpose of the Unified Auditions is to develop a database of local actors and technical artists for regional, community and professional theaters and their seasons.</p><p>The schedule for the Unified Auditions is as follows:<li>Adult auditions (16 years of age and over) 6 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18.<li>Children's auditions (ages 6 to 15 years) 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Feb. 21.<li>Adult auditions 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21.</p><p>The Unified Auditions will be held at Ferguson Auditorium on the campus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College.</p><p>Actors are asked to prepare 90 seconds of material: one monologue or two contrasting monologues or monologue and 16 bars of a song. An accompanist will be available. Actors should bring their own sheet music in their key, as the accompanist will not transpose.</p><p>Children should present a memorized selection, poem, rhyme, monologue and, if they wish, sing a song. Singing to tapes is not allowed. Actors should also bring 15 copies of a photo/headshot and resume for distribution to the different theater groups.</p><p>Pre-register by e-mailing thestagepicture@aol.com or by mail with copies of your photo/headshot and resume to: Unified Auditions, 71 A Beaver Drive, Asheville, NC 28804. Please indicate your preference for Wednesday evening, Saturday morning (children only), or Saturday afternoon. Registration begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, 9:30 a.m. (for children only) Saturday and 12:30 p.m. Saturday. An instructional meeting will take place approximately 15 minutes before each audition session.</p><p>Anyone interested in technical theater or directing can mail their resumes or bring them to Ferguson Auditorium on the day(s) of the auditions.</p><p>The following companies will be represented at the Unified Auditions (as of December 2003):<li>Flat Rock Playhouse<li>Highland Repertory Theatre<li>Montford Park Players<li>North Carolina Stage Company<li>Asheville Community Theatre<li>Serpent Child Ensemble<li>Rutherford Community Theatre<li>Plaeides Productions</p><p>For more information on the Unified Auditions, send an e-mail to thestagepicture@aol.com.</p>